Biography Tanya Raabe other wise known as Tanya Raabe-Webber was Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, has been a practising Visual Artist, devising artworks exploring and challenging identity, a disabled self and the nude in contemporary Art since 1987. She gained…
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853–1890
Van Gogh and Mental Illness “One feels as if one were lying bound hand and foot at the bottom of a deep dark well, utterly helpless.” BY MARIA POPOVA Around the time that Tolstoy was tussling with depression and his spiritual…
Paula Rego, 1935–
Paula Rego and her son discuss unravelling the artist’s tortured life on film Paula Rego and the flying mermaids in her north London studio CREDIT: ©NICK WILLING/©NICK WILLING Lowenna Waters, Telegraph 23 MARCH 2017 • 1:00PM Awoman, in a black dress with bare…
Pablo Picasso, Blue Period Art and Depression
Pablo Picasso 1901-1904 Blue Period Art and Depression Self -Portrait The Blue Period (Spanish: Período Azul) is a term used to define the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only…
Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906
CÉZANNE, PAUL (1839-1906) Who was Paul Cézanne? Paul Cézanne was born on January 19, 1839, in Aix-en-Provence, France and died in his home in Aix at age 67 on October 23, 1906. Although born out of wedlock, Cézanne was acknowledged…
Edgar Degas, 1834–1917
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Edgar Degas was a French painter, sculptor, and engraver. He is best known for his paintings of dancers, and he excelled in capturing their movement and artistry. Degas’ vision problems began in 1870, at age 36, probably due…
William Utermohlen, 1933–2007
William Utermohlen 1933-2007-dementia Self Portrait 1967 American artist William Utermohlen received a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer’s disease in 1995, at the age of 61. For the next five years, as his dementia worsened, he used his art to track the…
Francis Bacon, 1909–1992
Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, grotesque, emotionally charged, raw imagery. He is best known for his depictions of popes, crucifixions and portraits of close friends. His abstracted figures are typically…
Ketra Oberlande
Ketrr always had vision problems, but eventually all of her cone (color) and most of her rod (black and white) vision failed and she became blind. To answer the questions of curious and concerned friends, she embraced art as a way…
Petrona Viera, 1895–1960
Petrona Viera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia BiographyMaría Petrona Viera Garino (24 March 1895 – 4 October 1960), commonly known as Petrona Viera, was an Uruguayan painter known for being the first female professional painter in Uruguay and for her…